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===18211819-1823 Stothard sketches===In 1816 Charles Stothard was commissioned to make a colour copy of the tapestry. He traveled to Bayeux 3 times to produce his water-colour drawing for the London Archaeological Society’s ‘Vetusta Monumenta’ published between 1821 1819 and 1823. Stothold used stitch holes to try and fill in the missing bits and these reconstructions are included in his drawings.<br>
Stothard apparently removed two pieces of the Tapestry during his visits, the theft of which was originally blamed on his then fiancée. These parts were replaced by later reconstructions and one of the fragments was eventually retuned to allow Dossetter permission to photograph the Tapestry in 1873. <br>
Stothard records some of his observations in a letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. in 1821. [STOTHARD 1821]<br>